John Sauven - Greenpeace

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While those promoting biofuels start with good intentions, the tendency, especially when it comes to land use, is for things to go horribly wrong. A much safer way to cut emissions is promoting energy efficiency, electric vehicles, and looking at mobility in a much broader way than just how to fuel people's cars.feedback

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He once described himself as a 'shy green', and that shyness was fully on display when he tried to remove climate change from the school curriculum, called for the habitat directive to be scrapped, and voted to sell off our forests. But he has also spoken of his love for the great Scottish outdoors and of the importance of preserving this natural beauty for the next generation – a key promise in the Conservative manifesto.feedback

Michael Gove is about to find an in-tray loaded with urgent problems, from tackling the air pollution crisis to reforming our broken farm subsidy system and protecting our oceans from overfishing and plastic waste. He should move swiftly to prove that he's better than his record suggests.feedback

The lack of any mention of nuclear energy is telling: it's clear May doesn't want to be associated with a beleaguered industry at a time when alternatives like wind and solar are getting ever cheaper.feedback

Sometimes legislation is just wrong and you have to stand up and say so. The Lobbying Act is a democratic car crash; it weakens democracy and curtails free speech. Now Britain is going into a second general election regulated by a law that does little to stop powerful companies exerting secret influence in the corridors of power while gagging charities and campaign groups with millions of members. If the last election is anything to go by it will have a chilling effect on groups trying to raise important issues.feedback

Whoever wins on 8 June should heed the advice of Lord Hodgson and amend it. If you're a corporate lobbyist paid by a tobacco company to fight anti-smoking legislation you've got little to worry about, the Lobbying Act does hardly anything to restrict you. But if you're a mass membership campaign group trying to get political parties to make strong commitments on the environment or human rights then watch out, the state can now regulate your campaign, tying you in bureaucratic knots and preventing voters from hearing about the issues that matter.feedback

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